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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-02-26

the ice OF
the equator.
pressure of ton -
box six feet deep We
water and allowed to evapofa
sun, there would be two inches o.
at the bottom. Taking the average ~
of the ocean to be three miles there would
be layer of pure salt 230 feet thick on
the Atlantic. The water is colder at the
bottom than at the surface. In the many
bays on the coast of Norway, the water
often freezes at the bottom before it does
above. Waves are very deceptive. To
look at them in storm one would think
the water travelled. The water stays in
the same place, but the motion goes on.
Sometimes in storms these waves are forty
feet high, and travel fifty miles an hour
more than twice as fast as the swiftest
steamer. The distance from valley to val
ley is generally fifteen times the height,
hence wave five feet high will extend over
seventy-fve feet of water. The force of the
sea dashing upon Bell Rock is said to be
II tons for every square yard. Evapora-
ton is wonderful power in drawing water
from the sea. Every year a layer of the
entire sea IA feet thick is taken up in the
clouds. The winds bear their burden into
the land, and the water comes down in rain
upon the fields, to flow back at last through
rivers. The depth of the sea presents an
interesting problem. IF the Atlantic were
lowered 6,564 feet the distance from shore
would be half as great or 1900 miles. If
lowered little more than three miles, say
1850 feet, there would be road of dry
land from Newfoundland to Ireland. This
is the plain on which the great Atlantic
cables were laid The Mediterranean is
comparatively shallow. A drying up of
$50 feet would leave three different seas,
and Africa would be Joined with Italy.
The British channel is more like pond
which accounts for its choppy waves. 1t
has been difficult to get correct soundings
of the Atlantic. A midshipman of the
navy overcame the difficulty, and shot,
weighing 30 pounds, carries down the line.
a hole is bored through the sinker through
which rod of iron is passed, moving easily
back and forth. In the end of the bar a
cup is dug out, and the inside coated with
lard. The bar is made fast to the line, and
sling holds the shot on. When the bar
which extends below the ball, touches the
earth, the sling unhoooks and the shot
slides off. The lard in the end of the bal
holds some of the sand, or whatever MAY
be on the bottom, and a drop shuts up owe
} the cup to keep the water from washin,
the sand out When the ground is reach
ed, shock is felt as if an electric curren
had passed through the line.
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rs W, Main St., Westminster, Md.
ROOP g. zILE

Sell the best Chopping, Grinding and Roller
Process Mills in the world; Cast and buhr
corn mills specially.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-02-26
The Deer Range of Maine.

The deer range covered by the almost
unsettled forest stretching miles into the
interior of the state from the eastern por-
ton of the coast line embraces an area of
about five hundred square miles This
vast tract has been bereft of the greater
part of its valuable timber by lumbermen,
and the forest is now in state of repro
duction. Through this region deer wander
in such numbers that in the opinion of
Maj. Boyd there is no other deer range in
the country equal to it. Houses away from
the coast are found only at rare intervals,
there being whole townships with not even
road running through them. To this
attractive. hunting ground every year a
great number Of sportsmen come from out
side the state to hunt the deer in a lawful
manner. The law-abiding citizens of that
section of the state extend ready welcome
to the sportsmen, knowing that their visits
are material advantage, it being estimated
that at least $50 are left in the state for
each deer the sportsmen kill They pay
literally for the services of the guides who
accompany them to the best spots as well as
the boys who go to tend the camp. The
teams which transport the camp equipage
are hired of the livery stables in Maine
towns, aud the supplies are bought in Maine
stores, while the sportsmen in going and
coming to the range stop at Maine hotels
The citizens of the state enjoy the same
privileges in their right to hunt deer as do
these visitors from away, so there is no just
cause of complaint against the law To
prevent the extinction of the deer the state
law provides that they shall not be hunted
with hounds. "Still hunting" said Maj.
c. II. Boyd of the United States coast sur
vey, who has just returned from three
months sojOurn in the vicinity of Machias
and the hunting grounds, ''never will drive
the deer from the state while the forests
last, but the cry of the dogs frightens the
deer from the ranges, and they will not re.
turn for long time when once frightened
of" The game wardens in the execution
of their duty, whenever they have been in
formed that party of hunters have gone
into the woods with hounds, give chase,
and cruise until the camp is discovered, and
then woe to the dogs if they are kept for
killing deer-the wardens make short work
of them. For all the region of five hun
dred square miles there are but four war
dens, and, however vigilant they may be,
they cannot suppress poaching and dog
ging. II wish" said Maj. Boyd, shat
ys@-Manliaasay somethingto aroSssu -
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Process Mills in the world; Cast and Buhr
corn mills specially.
PUMPS, PUMPS, PUMPS
Buckeye Iron Force Pumps, Revolving Top
Cistern Pumps, Pitcher Spout Pumps, Gu
cumber Pumps; the Iron Turbine Wind En-
gines.
IRON FENCE AND .CREsTING.
Enclosing Church yards and Cemetery Lots
specially. Our Cresting for Houses, Porches
and Bay Windows, have no equal. We can
show the finest designs of fence and cresting
ever sold in the county.
sTUDEBAKER WAGONS, DIR. BAILEY
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Genl. Agents for Russell & Co., Engines,
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solicited. Catalogues sent free on applica-
ton. Our prices will surprise you.
ROOP & ZILE,
% W. Main ST.,
oct 16 Westminster, Md.
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some information about tb'iA
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led ENTAIL MYERS

Acting Executors.
J.W. Earhart and Chas. T. Reifsnider, Agents
and Attorneys. Il. Z. Matthews, Auc.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

JESSE T. WILSON, Trustee.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-12-09
Opening of Congress.

The frst-session of the Fiftieth Con.
gress opened Monday. In the Senate
all Senators were sworn in without OBJ
lection, excepting Mr.. Faulkner of
West Virginia, whose case was referred
to the Committee on Privileges and
Elections, A protest against the ad-
mission of Mr.. Faulkner was presented
by Mr.. Lucas, his Democratic contes.
t mt. In the House, John G.. Carlisle
was reelected Speaker. The organiza.
ton of the House was-completed and
both houses, after appointing commit
tees to wait upon the President, ad-
j urned until Tuesday.
The Presidents message was laid
before Congress on Tuesday. and is a
h;ate paper differing from the common
.rder Of such documents. The Presi.
dent discusses single subject which
is how to reduce the surplus revenue
which is constantly accumulating in
The Treasury. The surplus of the pres.
ent fiscal year ending seth of june
1888, he estimates will amount to
$l13,000.000. There is already a sur
pluqin the Treasury of 500, 900, 900.
a reduction of the tariff is the remedy
fer the evil of too much revenue
strongly urged by the President, and
the Carlisle portion of his party strong.
ly endorse his views on the subject Of
reducing the tariff. The issue is fairly
made by the President and his party
and he gives out fair notice that be
means to stand or fall in the next pres
1dential campaign on the question o.
not exactly free trade but tariff great
ly reduced on the necessaries Of life
with free list for raw materials.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-12-09
Plunns,

While farmers complain Of "hard
times" they make little or no effort
to soften their lines. Fruit culture
is often recommended and urged
with considerable force. But to be
successful fruit growers is "too much
bother" All, here's the rub. The
a, erage farmer does hate "bother,"
which is another name for either
care and thought. II he is permitted
to work all day long like an OK, re-
tire to bed at night and sleep like
one of the lower animals, be feels
satisfied generally that he has per-
formed his whole duty as q farmer
and a good citizen. At this day a
machine does the work of dozen
men, and it has become the province
of the farmer to use less of his nerve
power in physicical exertion and ex-
pand more in mental labor.
The farmer in this section oil
country is most enviably situated as
to ready markets for great variety
ofproducts, compared with his broth
er farmers in more remote regions
The large cities in close proximity
consume immense quantities of per
ishable produce and bulky products
which are too expensive to be
freighted over long lines of transpor.
tation.
Among the fruit products adapted
to this section we may name plums
On this clay soil the plum tree grows
luxuriently and produces heavy
crops. All that is required to Sc
cure abundant crops of this mast ex
cellent fruit is care in cultivation
and in keeping the curculio from the
young fruit after it has set till it il
ready to mature, This is readily
done by Earring the trees every
morning and destroying the beetles
when they fall. This treatment new
er fails to insure crop of perfect
fruit in favorable season, and the
plum is a sure bearer, seldom failing
to yield well if the "little turk" is
kept off. And no fruit is of reader
sale at renumerative prices than the
plum. The large city markets are
never glutted with plums, and there
is no more delicious fruit when dried
or made into sauce than plums.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-12-09

M. Sadi. Carnot was elected President
Of the Republic Of France by the Con.
gress Of Senators and Deputies at Yer.
sailles, on Saturday, in Place of NJ.
Grevy, resigned. The change of rulers
was effected in day without a ,revolu.
ton, or riot, or even mob. Republi-
canism has grown strong in Ia belle
France when it can encounter such
changes without a ripple of commotion.
The monarchies of Europe no doubt are
astonished as we'll as alarmed at this
manifestation of moral power in their
midst. To the imperial power of Ger.
many it is greater menace than all the
armies OF France.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-12-09

years ago their united ages we're ten
times the united ages Of their child
rem, and six years hence their united
ages will he three times the united
ages OF their children" How many
children have they? To j. L. CrOth
ers, "A train started from Albany to
Buffalo at the same time that one
started from Buffalo to Albany. Al.
ter they meet the one that goes TO
Albany IL six hours on the road.
The one to Buffalo is three. How
long is each train In making the
Journey" To Miss Belle Stewart,
Where in the United States is an
object that was probably seen by
Moses?" To Miss Edith Stu IBIS,
wv hat is the circle Of Illumination
To III. J. Hanna, "If from a point
without q circle two tangents be
drawn, prove that IL third tangent
be drawn interesting these two, that
the sum OF the sides Of the triangle
thus formed will be equal to the sum
of the two tangents drawn from the
common point" Question for de-
bate, "Shou.d Smiths Grammar be
abolished from our public schools,
and another substituted" Essayist
Mr.. NJ. s. McNanee, Select Readers,
Miss Rose Graham and Miss Jack.
son. A lecture will be given by
Prof. Coler Of Baltimore.
On motion the association ad.
journed. NJ.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-12-09


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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-12-09
Teachers ASSOCIATION.
Communicated.

communicated.
On Saturday Dec. 3rd, the Teach
ers' Association of the 9th, 18th, and
9Th districts met in the public school
building. OF Port Deposit.
The meeting was called to order
by Pres. Everist at 2:I5 o'clock, and
opened with prayer by Rev. Jas.
Conway. The Misses Ball of River
side Academy furnished some choice
music for the occasion, consisting of
two duets, entitled Ely Away
Birdie,' and Dreams Faces" A
large number of teachers was pres.
ent in anticipation eff the lecture by
Rev. Mr.. Conway. His subject was
"Spelling Reform" He set forth in
clear and forclble style few of
the many defects-in our spelling, and
also suggested many improvements
that might be made in both, and
showed that while reform in spell
ing such as he suggested would be
benefit to all classes; it would tend
to reduce the percentage of illiteracy
by enabling those who are enabled to
attend school only for very limited
time. to learn to spell and read with
much less labor.
Mr.. j. L. Crorhers then answered
the question referred to him;
"Should Mental Arithmetic as pre-
sented by Prof. Brooks be taught as
a separate branch in our public
schools" in the affirmative, Then
followed a lively discussion on the
subject, "Were Ferdinand and lisa
bella justi6able in repelling the
Moors." Messrs. Squier. Thomas
and Tammany were the disputants.
A vote of thanks was rendered to
Rev. Mr.. Conway and the Misses
Ball. for their services in promoting
the interest of the institute.
The program for the next meeting
is as follows: Referred questions.
To S. J. Tammany,. Explain as you
would to a class. the difference be-
tween the use of shall and will" To
M. S. Nickname, "The united ages Of
a man and his wife are six times the
united ages of their children. Two
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-12-09

The Prohibition National Central
Committee met in Chicago last Wednes-
day. Samuel Dickey of Albion, New
York, was selected as chairman to sue
coed the late John B. Finch, and it was
decided to hold the national convention
during the first week in june. ! 1888.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-12-09
Friday. Dec. 8, 1882.
Small Road Districts.

One of the greatest hinderances to
a successful road system over which
the board of County Commissioners
have entire control, is the influence
of the local politician. When the
public roads of the entire county are
placed under their manage
ment the appointing power of host
of petty officers is put into their
hands. This brings swarms of office
hunters to worry them for appoint.
ment backed and directed by the lo.
cal bosses. The Office of the Com
missioners when the board meets for
business is filled with an imp ortun-
ing crowd who coax aad wheedle.
storm and threaten, and let the board
do their best the disappointed hosts
anathematize them from one end OF
the county to the other, and com
missioner though possessed of the
virtue and wisdom of an angel could
not be elected to second term if he
wished to be, though we never heard
of one who did.
1t is impossible to restrain or
guard against peculation by these
appointees of the board if they are
inclined to rob the county and this
is said to be no rare occurrence. It
is currently reported that some of
our road officials haye accumulated
snug little fortunes by managing
their office, or taking advantage Of
their opportunity. This will contin.
ue to the detriment of the tax payers
as long as the care of the immense
number of roads of the county is
placed under the direct management
of the commissioners. And the
scramble will be kept up by local
bosses to seize the office by working
men into the board which thew can
manage. The people will at long in.
teryals have spasmodic fits of indig-
nation and rout the bosses as they
did this year, but the popular indig-
nation soon fall to sleep again and
the bosses keep steadily at it and al
ways at it. ....--.....
The only remedy for this political
end of the evil of our present road
system is to take out of the hands of
the County Commissioners the larg-
est part of the offices now in their
gift, by delegating the power to the
people, in the division of the county
into small road districts, the eS.
pense to be incurrediand the roads to
be placed in charge of the tax pay
crs in those districts.
This would certainly insure econ
nmy in expenditure as we'll as bet.
ter roads each district being made
responsible for any damage which
>night occur from bad roads within
its territory, in place of the whole
county as at present. The county
commissioners having only a few
main thoroughfares and bridges to
ok after, would be left without ex.
cuse for not maintaining them in the
best of order, and their time would
he devoted to other public business
which is making additional demands
on it as population and business in
creases,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-12-09
MR.. BLAINE ON THE MESSAGE.
Expressions Of His Views Of Mr.
Cleveland's Tariff Recommends
tons.

tions.
The 1ribune's Paris correspondent
cables to that paper giving the views
of Mr.. Blaine on the Presidents mes
sage. Mr.. Blaine spoke as follows
Il have been readiag an abstract o.
the Presidents message and have
been especially interested 10 the
comments Of the London papers
These papers all assume to declare
the message is a free trade manifesto
and evidently are anticipating an en-
larged market for English fabrics In
the United States as . consequence
of the Presidents recommsn dations
Perhaps that fact stamped the char
acter of the message more clearly
than any words Of mine can"
You don't mean actual free trade
without duty? queried the reporter
No, replied Mr., Blaine. "Nor do
the London papers mean that. They
simply mean that the President has
recommended what in the United
States is known as q revenue tariff,
rejecting the protective feature as
an object, and not even permitting
protection to result freely as an in.
cident to revenue Dues"
I don't quite comprehend that
last point. said the reporter.
I mean. said Nr. Blaine, "that for
the first time in the history Of the
United States the President recon-
mends retaining the internal tax in
order that the tariff may be forced
down even below the fair revenue
standard. He recommends that the
TAX on tobacco be retained, and thus
that many millions annually shall be
levied on domestic product which
would far better come from o tar.
IF on foreign fabrics"
Mr.. Blaine favors the repeal of the
tobacco tax. He said: II should
urge that it be done at once, even
before the Christmas holidays. 1t
would in the first place bring great
relief to growers of tobacco all over
the country, and would, moreover,
lesson the price Of the ar.
ticle to consumers. Tobacco to mil.
l::ons of men is a necessity. The
President calls it luxury, but it is
q luxury in no other sense than tea
or coffee are luxuries.
81 would not adyise the repeal of
the whiskey tax. Other cOnsidera-
tons than those Of financial admin.
istration are to be taken into account
with regard to whiskeY, There is .
moral side to it. To cheaper the
price is to increase the consumption
enormously. It would destroy high
license ut once in all the States.
Whiskey has done vast deal Of
harm in the United States. would
use tax to fortify our cities on the
sea. board.
Further Mr.. Blaine informed the
reporter that he would maintain the
tax on whiskey, SO long as there is
whiskey to tax, and whea the nation
al government should have no use
for the money 1 would divide the tax
among the Federal Union, with the
specific object of tightening the tax
ON real estate. The houses and farms
of the whole country pay too large
proportion of the total taxes. II. ul-
timately, relief could be given in
that direction, it would, in my judg-
ment, be a wise and beneficient pol
icy.
Concerning protection to WOOL
growers. Mr.. Blaine said: II should
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-12-09

seriously object to the repeal of the
duty on wool. To repeal that would
work q great injustice to many inter
ested." The question of labor Mr..
Blaine declared, underlay the whole
subject
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